Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps joins USGS for Grand Canyon Research Expedition
Partners in Science is a collaborative effort between Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Grand Canyon Youth, and the National Park Service to provide opportunities...
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Predicting the Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Using Animal Movement Data
Status of HPAIvUnderstanding the timing and distribution of virus spread is critical for global commercial and wildlife biosecurity management. The current global HPAIv panzootic poses...
USGS Friday’s Findings – August 23, 2024
Title: Indigenous Knowledge: Providing Insight into Climate ChangeDate: August 23, 2024, at 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern/11:00 -11:30 am Pacific Speaker: Nicole Herman-Mercer, Research Social Scientist, USGS Southwest Climate...
Preserving 40+ years of legacy bird banding records
For the last one hundred years, the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center’s Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL) has received 10s of millions of bird banding records...
Estimating traffic volume and road age in Wyoming to inform resource management planning: An application with wildlife-vehicle collisions
Mean estimated traffic volume (annual average daily traffic; aadt) across the years 1986 to 2020 in Wyoming for all-vehicles (A) and truck-only (B) traffic along...
Researchers find that decreased streamflow and increased temperatures are associated with declines in cottonwood forest along the Green River.
FORT Hydrologist Jonathan Friedman has co-authored a a new study using measurements of tree height, canopy volume and ring widths to document decline of cottonwood...
More osprey reproduction problems found around the Chesapeake Bay
"Perched on a nest atop a green navigation marker in Maryland’s Harris Creek, the osprey glared, spread its wings and started hopping as a boatload...
Algal blooms aren’t always harmful, but when they are, science is here to help
In 2024, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released a strategic vision document identifying harmful algal bloom (HAB) and algal toxin science gaps, while prioritizing research...
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) vote to create workgroup to study Virginia’s menhaden fishery
"The saga of the future of Virginia’s menhaden reduction fishery on Chesapeake Bay continues to unfold as the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Menhaden...
USGS Friday’s Findings – August 9, 2024
Title: One Health, One Environment: Environmental chemistry’s integrative approaches in advancing the One Health Paradigm Date: August 9, 2024, at 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern/11:00 -11:30 am Pacific Speaker:...